I don’t quite understand the passion in the objection. Even when things are already know, sometimes speaking of them can be useful. This is especially the case when things are put into perspective.
Now, I might object that the math put forward was based off highly dubious assumptions. In particular, the 50,000 facebook clickers doesn’t sound believable to me. I have no idea about the$1,000,000,000 number. But if I actually accepted those premises then putting out the figure $20,000 per person would be useful. People don’t naturally make that sort of calculation, even in an approximate way. $1b is just ‘big number’ and 50,000 looks pretty much like a big number too. So if the premises were right I would say get that math out there as clearly as possible. Emphasise the conclusion ($20,000 per person) and not the working out.
I don’t quite understand the passion in the objection. Even when things are already know, sometimes speaking of them can be useful. This is especially the case when things are put into perspective.
Now, I might object that the math put forward was based off highly dubious assumptions. In particular, the 50,000 facebook clickers doesn’t sound believable to me. I have no idea about the$1,000,000,000 number. But if I actually accepted those premises then putting out the figure $20,000 per person would be useful. People don’t naturally make that sort of calculation, even in an approximate way. $1b is just ‘big number’ and 50,000 looks pretty much like a big number too. So if the premises were right I would say get that math out there as clearly as possible. Emphasise the conclusion ($20,000 per person) and not the working out.